Please wait a minute...
Journal of Arid Land
Research Articles     
Ecological function regionalization of fluvial corridor landscapes and measures for ecological regeneration in the middle and lower reaches of the Tarim River, Xinjiang of China
HuaRong ZHOU, DuNing XIAO
1 Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; 2 Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 100016, China
Download:   PDF(218KB)
Export: BibTeX | EndNote (RIS)      

Abstract   The middle and lower reaches of the Tarim River are currently one of the main regions of ecological restoration in the arid areas of western China. Using the principles and method of landscape ecology, this study has chosen the fluvial corridor landscape in the middle and lower reaches of the Tarim River, and discusses the region’s ecologically functional regionalization system and issues related to its practical classification. On this basis the corresponding regionalizing principles and standards were developed which were used to qualitatively divide the three main landscapes as the ecologically functional areas in the drainage basin. The paper has also analyzed the characteristic of the study areas, and has put forward the measures for its ecological restoration.

Key wordsTianshan Mountains      plant diversity      productivity      DCCA ordination      alpine steppe      environmental factor     
Received: 08 March 2010      Published: 07 June 2010
Corresponding Authors: Huarong ZHOU     E-mail: zhouhr@ms.xjb.ac.cn
Cite this article:

HuaRong ZHOU, DuNing XIAO. Ecological function regionalization of fluvial corridor landscapes and measures for ecological regeneration in the middle and lower reaches of the Tarim River, Xinjiang of China. Journal of Arid Land, 2010, 2(2): 123-132.

URL:

http://jal.xjegi.com/10.3724/SP.J.1227.2010.00123     OR     http://jal.xjegi.com/Y2010/V2/I2/123

[1] JI Huiping, CHEN Yaning, FANG Gonghuan, LI Zhi, DUAN Weili, ZHANG Qifei. Adaptability of machine learning methods and hydrological models to discharge simulations in data-sparse glaciated watersheds[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2021, 13(6): 549-567.
[2] ZHOU Siyuan, DUAN Yufeng, ZHANG Yuxiu, GUO Jinjin. Vegetation dynamics of coal mining city in an arid desert region of Northwest China from 2000 to 2019[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2021, 13(5): 534-547.
[3] XU Bo, HUGJILTU Minggagud, BAOYIN Taogetao, ZHONG Yankai, BAO Qinghai, ZHOU Yanlin, LIU Zhiying. Rapid loss of leguminous species in the semi-arid grasslands of northern China under climate change and mowing from 1982 to 2011[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2020, 12(5): 752-765.
[4] Hani S SAUDY, Ibrahim M EL-METWALLY, Goma A ABD EL-SAMAD. Physio-biochemical and nutrient constituents of peanut plants under bentazone herbicide for broad-leaved weed control and water regimes in dry land areas[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2020, 12(4): 630-639.
[5] HU Xiaoxing, Mitsuru HIROTA, Wuyunna, Kiyokazu KAWADA, LI Hao, MENG Shikang, Kenji TAMURA, Takashi KAMIJO. Responses in gross primary production of Stipa krylovii and Allium polyrhizum to a temporal rainfall in a temperate grassland of Inner Mongolia, China[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2019, 11(6): 824-836.
[6] Qinli XIONG, Yang XIAO, Waseem A HALMY Marwa, A DAKHIL Mohammed, Pinghan LIANG, Chenggang LIU, Lin ZHANG, PANDEY Bikram, Kaiwen PAN, B EL KAFRAWAY Sameh, Jun CHEN. Monitoring the impact of climate change andhuman activities on grassland vegetation dynamics in the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateauof China during 2000-2015[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2019, 11(5): 637-651.
[7] Lei DONG, Cunzhu LIANG, Frank Yonghong LI, Liqing ZHAO, Wenhong MA, Lixin WANG, Lu WEN, Ying ZHENG, Zijing LI, Chenguang ZHAO, IndreeTUVSHINTOGTOKH. Community phylogenetic structure of grasslandsand its relationship with environmental factors on the Mongolian Plateau[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2019, 11(4): 595-607.
[8] Xueting ZHANG, Xuemei LI, Lanhai LI, Shan ZHANG, Qirui QIN. Environmental factors influencing snowfall and snowfall prediction in the Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2019, 11(1): 15-28.
[9] Wulong BA, Pengfei DU, Tie LIU, Anming BAO, Min LUO, HASSAN Mujtaba, Chengxin QIN. Simulating hydrological responses to climate change using dynamic and statistical downscaling methods: a case study in the Kaidu River Basin, Xinjiang, China[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2018, 10(6): 905-920.
[10] Wei JIAO, Yaning CHEN, Weihong LI, Chenggang ZHU, Zhi LI. Estimation of net primary productivity and its driving factors in the Ili River Valley, China[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2018, 10(5): 781-793.
[11] Xiaotao HUANG, Geping LUO, Feipeng YE, Qifei HAN. Effects of grazing on net primary productivity, evapotranspiration and water use efficiency in the grasslands of Xinjiang, China[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2018, 10(4): 588-600.
[12] Minhua YIN, Yuannong LI, Yuanbo XU, Changming ZHOU. Effects of mulches on water use in a winter wheat/summer maize rotation systemin Loess Plateau, China[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2018, 10(2): 277-291.
[13] Puyu WANG, Zhongqin LI, Chunhai XU, Wucheng XING, Ping ZHOU, Hui ZHANG. Multi-decadal variations in glacier flow velocity and the influencing factors of Urumqi Glacier No. 1 in Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2017, 9(6): 900-910.
[14] Hui RAN, Shaozhong KANG, Fusheng LI, Taisheng DU, Risheng DING, Sien LI, Ling TONG. Responses of water productivity to irrigation and N supply for hybrid maize seed production in an arid region of Northwest China[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2017, 9(4): 504-514.
[15] Pingping ZHANG, Ming’an SHAO, Xingchang ZHANG. Spatial pattern of plant species diversity and the influencing factors in a Gobi Desert within the Heihe River Basin, Northwest China[J]. Journal of Arid Land, 2017, 9(3): 379-393.